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To see itself...

To see itself...

To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though...

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Victor Hugo: Common sense is...

Victor Hugo: Common sense is...

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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Christopher Isherwood: One should never...

Christopher Isherwood: One should never...

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

Source: In W.O.W....

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J B Priestley: I have always...

J B Priestley: I have always...

I have always been a grumbler. I am designed for the part - sagging face, weighty underlip, rumbling, resonant voice....

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May Sarton: Anyone who is...

May Sarton: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Oh, that it...

Oh, that it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought!
Then let me try with all my might
To mind what I...

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Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Beth Henley: He started hating...

Beth Henley: He started hating...

He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes...

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Edmond Rostand: The dream, alone,...

Edmond Rostand: The dream, alone,...

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?

Source: La...

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Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

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Life is 10...

Life is 10...

Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.

Source: In The...

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Listen kid, take...

Listen kid, take...

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.

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I don't care...

I don't care...

I don't care what [other critics] say, I only hope to be played.

Source: On being...

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I prefer neurotic...

I prefer neurotic...

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

Source: In...

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We are involved...

We are involved...

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily...

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Composers should write...

Composers should write...

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Source:...

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What is a...

What is a...

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he...

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Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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Jules Renard: Talent is a...

Jules Renard: Talent is a...

Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.

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